In an apparent mistake, the Department of Homeland Security told a Newton lawyer, a U.S. citizen, she had one week to self-deport.
Opinions, Column
Civil Discourse: Trump’s Deportation Line Is In The Quicksand
Today, I want to focus on issues that concern us as students, particularly our international peers. The Trump administration is enacting a new executive order concerning these students, and I believe this raises several important questions.
News, On Campus
Holper Examines Free Speech, Legal Challenges for Non-Citizen Activists at Immigration Talk
Non-citizen activists in the United States face increasing legal uncertainties when exercising their right to free speech, especially under the Trump administration, according to Mary Holper, director of the Immigration Clinic and a clinical professor at Boston College Law School.
News, On Campus
Panelists Share The Intersection of Migrant Justice With Various Career Paths
The meaning of the term “migrant” can be broadly applied to anyone who is from a region other than the one in which they reside, according to Emily Hoffman, collaborative educational services director of the Massachusetts Migrant Education Program.
Opinions, Column
Versus Reality: The American Dream
“Toto, I have a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore,” is the first sentence I thought to myself as I landed in Boston for the first time. I thought I was being funny, seeing as I never owned a pet nor did I ever really think of Kansas as a home that I could click…
Top Story, News, Off Campus
“Only Things I Want Are a Haircut And an Education”: Travel Restrictions Threaten International Students, Faculties’ Arrival
A combination of travel bans and immigration restrictions imposed by the Trump administration in response to the novel coronavirus pandemic is making it unlikely that international faculty and students will be able travel to the United States in time for the start of the fall semester.
News
BC Law Graduate Speaks On Immigration
The Center for Human Rights and International Justice hosted Staff Attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union Dan McFadden, BC Law ’09, at a luncheon on Thursday.
Boston, Metro
Boston Trust Act Amendments Argued at City Hall
A city ordinance was filed on Thursday to amend the Boston Trust Act, which states that the Boston Police Department (BPD) cannot help Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers arrest someone based on their immigration status.
Boston, Metro
Anti-Sanctuary State Ballot Measure Deemed Constitutional
A proposed question for the 2020 Massachusetts ballot that would allow police to work with federal immigration authorities and detain undocumented immigrants passed a major qualifying challenge on Wednesday after Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey deemed the proposal constitutional. The ballot question is an anti-“sanctuary state” proposal. In sanctuary cities and states, local law enforcement…
On Campus, News
Wrongly Deported Immigrant Discusses How BC Law Alum Helped Bring Him Home
Wilmer García and the lawyers who helped bring him back to the U.S. discussed his deportation and the legal process involved in his return on Wednesday.
